Off the coast of Angola is an accidental human-made paradise for sea-floor animals. Located in depths of 700 to 1400 metres beneath the waves, a pipeline is what many sea cucumbers, starfish, anemones, and fish call home. The pipeline provides shelter for our underwater friends. It’s kind of like a buffet too! A lot of organic matter gets stuck on the pipeline, which the creatures feed on. But food isn’t the only thing that gets stuck there, unfortunately; a lot of litter gets stuck on the pipeline too. Read full article here
Science
‘Ghostly’ neutrinos provide new path to study protons
In groundbreaking research, an international collaboration of scientists from the University of Rochester have used a beam of neutrinos to measure the size and shape of the protons that make up the nuclei of atoms. This feat, once thought impossible, provides scientists with a new way of looking at the small components of an atom’s nucleus and opens up a wealth of new information about the structure of an atom’s nucleus and the dynamics of the forces that affect neutrino interactions. The researchers solved the challenge of harnessing neutrinos in large numbers by using a neutrino detector containing a target of both hydrogen and carbon atoms, and over nine years of data collection at Fermilab’s accelerator. Read full article here
Merv
March 25, 2023
